By Jonathan Spicer, Tuvan Gumrukcu and Maya Gebeily ISTANBUL/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Negotiators are zeroing in on a potential ...

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones ...

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a ...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander General Michael “Erik” Kurilla visited Iraq and the Kurdistan Region on Wednesday and ...

Iraq is recalibrating its Syria policy following Assad's collapse, balancing security concerns with economic interests and ...

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern ...

Her family had lost hope she would ever return after Islamic State fighters took her and thousands of other Yazidi women and ...

Israeli officials have called for dividing Syria into small autonomous regions and have proposed a federal model for the ...

The tumultuous collapses of Iraq, Libya and Syria offer stark parallels and contrasts, shedding light on the complex ...

Iraq said on Friday that it has extended its concrete wall along the Syrian border amid political and security uncertainty in ...

Armed revolution in neighbouring Syria has been viewed with concern. The Islamist rebels now in power in Damascus were among the Sunni Muslim militants that entered Shia-majority Iraq from Syria ...